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DOE Awards $425 Million In Next Generation Supercomputing Technologies

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Secretary Ernest Moniz learns about the work underway in high performance computing and additive manufacturing. Photo by Sarah Gerrity/DOE

DOE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz announced two new High Performance Computing (HPC) awards to put the nation on a fast-track to next generation exascale computing, which will help to advance U.S. leadership in scientific research and promote America’s economic and national security. 

 

Moniz announced $325 million to build two state-of-the-art supercomputers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Read More

LANL Foundation Scholarships Available for Nontraditional Students

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LANLF News:

The LANL Foundation, through the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund, awards Regional College/Returning Student Scholarships of $1,000 to motivated nontraditional students seeking new opportunities or career directions after focusing on work, the military, parenting or other pursuits.

Applications are now accepted online at www.lanlfoundation.org/scholarships with a Dec.1 deadline for January awards. Selection preference is shown toward applicants who have been away from formal education for a period of two years or more. Preference may also be given to students Read More

NNSA Awards Additional Support To Accelerate Domestic Mo-99 Development

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NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced Friday is awarding more than $8 million additional support to its cooperative agreement partners, NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes and SHINE Medical Technologies, to accelerate the establishment of new, domestic sources of the medical isotope Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) – produced without the use of proliferation-sensitive highly enriched uranium (HEU).

Since 2010, the NNSA has partnered with NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes and SHINE Medical Technologies. Read More

LANL Foundation’s Susan Herrera Receives Luminaria Award

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LANL Foundation CEO Susan Herrera , right, was honored with a Luminaria Award by New Mexico Community Foundation President and CEO Jenny Parks, left, and Board Chair Sandy Kizser during the Nov. 1 Gala at La Fonda on the Plaza in Santa Fe. Luminarias are selected because they motivate, inspire and support the dreams of others, promote diversity and equity, and build community strength. Photo by Evan Hubbard
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DOE Awards New Contract To Manage and Operate Brookhaven National Laboratory

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Brookhaven National Laboratory. Courtesy/DOE

DOE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a new five-year, $3.2 billion contract to Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) to manage and operate Brookhaven National Laboratory.

The award was the result of a DOE competition for the management and operations (M&O) contract for the laboratory, which has been operated by BSA for the Department since 1998. A major, multi-program laboratory and an internationally recognized center for scientific research, Brookhaven is one of 17 in a system of National Laboratories Read More

LANL: Using Wikipedia To Forecast Diseases

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Scientist Sara Del Valle and her team observe findings from their research on disease patterns from analyzing Wikipedia articles. Courtesy/LANL 

LANL News:

  • Los Alamos research published in Public Library of Science

Scientists can now monitor and forecast diseases around the globe more effectively by analyzing views of Wikipedia articles, according to a team from Los Alamos National Laboratory.

“A global disease-forecasting system will improve the way we respond to epidemics,” scientist Sara Del Valle said. “In the same way we check the weather each morning, individuals and public Read More

LANL Foundation Grant Enables School Children To Experience Hands-on Science With Bird-Banding

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Students participate in bird banding during a PEEC Migratory Bird Study Science Field Trip. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Thanks to a generous grant of $1,500 from the LANL Foundation, the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) has been able to hold seven field trips, as well as pre- and post-trip classroom visits, this fall for local 5th graders through the Migratory Bird Study Science Field Trip program.

The bird-banding program introduces the students, in an unforgettably personal way, to the birds that share their environment.

“This program exposes our schoolchildren to Read More

DOE Secretary Moniz, Senator Alexander, Other Members Of Congress To Make Major Investment Announcement Friday

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Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz

DOE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Friday morning, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz will join U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Representatives Eric Swalwell, Dan Lipinski, Chuck Fleischmann and Bill Foster to make an announcement on a major investment that will keep the United States on the cutting edge of scientific advancement.

This announcement will mark another step toward President Obama’s and Secretary Moniz’s commitment to promote American leadership in science, technology and innovation.    Read More

Lunch With A Leader Features LANL’s Kurt Steinhaus Nov. 18

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Kurt Steinhaus

LWV News:

November’s Lunch with a Leader hosted by the League of Women Voters features Kurt Steinhaus at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18 at Mesa Public Library, and is open to the entire community.

Steinhaus is director of the Community Programs Office at Los Alamos National Laboratory and he will speak on education and workforce development. 

His work at the CPO is focused on three areas:

  • STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education;
  • Technical assistance for small businesses and helping entrepreneurs start new companies; and
  • Partnering with non-profit
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‘Science on Tap’ Features Jon Engle Thursday, Nov. 20

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Jon Engle

BSM News:

The next installment of the Bradbury Science Museum’s (BSM) “Science on Tap” is 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20 at the Manhattan Project Restaurant in downtown Los Alamos.

Jon Engle, a Los Alamos National Laboratory postdoc researcher, will talk about the Laboratory’s isotope program and their efforts to make medically useful radioisotopes. Uses of these fall into two categories generally: diagnostic and therapeutic. Diagnostic technologies are fairly mature in nuclear medicine and as such they do a great deal of good out in the clinic.

Treating disease with radioisotopes Read More